一、单项选择 在 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( ) 1. Here is the last sentence from Su Shi’s poem. It is about ______.
May we all be blessed with longevity.
Though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.
A. the Spring Festival
B. the Dragon Boat Festival
C. the Double Ninth Festival
D. the Mid-Autumn Festival

( ) 2. Which of the following isn't the traditional Spring Festival food?
A.
B.
C.
D.

( ) 3. Please ______ your hands before you answer the teachers' questions in class.
A. put up
B. get up
C. stay up
D. cut up

( ) 4. — Well, knowing about word-building can help us guess (猜测) their ______.
— That’s true. “Word-building” itself is a good example.
A. spellings
B. meanings
C. pronunciation
D. grammar

( ) 5. — _______________ colourful lantern show!
— So it is. I want to watch it once more. Maybe tomorrow.
A. How
B. How a
C. What
D. What a

( ) 6. Let's play some ______ music, cook some French food, and enjoy the great holiday!
A. important
B. respectful
C. endless
D. lively

( ) 7. The show at the Window of the World, ______ about two hours, is pretty good.
A. spending
B. lasting
C. introducing
D. managing

( ) 8. The coffee shop doesn't get popular ______ a lot of delicious snacks at low prices come out.
A. because
B. as
C. until
D. after

( ) 9. _______________ teams are on the football field, waiting for the whistle (哨声).
A. Both B. All C. Any D. Every

( ) 10. — You know what? Jenny will go to Vienna to watch the New Year’s Concert.
— Oh, ______ You’re kidding.
A. so what?
B. what for?
C. come on.
D. go ahead.

二、词汇运用
第一节 根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。
1. One p__________ food on the Chinese New Year’s Eve is Jiaozi.
2. Red is a l__________ colour for the new year and children get red packets.
3. Just keep telling yourself that it won’t last f__________.
4. Hope for the best, but __________ (准备) for the worst.
5. On Tree Planting Day, we usually plant trees, __________ (爬) hills and fly kites.
6. All the family members get to __________ (庆祝) their happy lives with good food.

第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。
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The Chinese New Year – the Spring Festival is the most festive time of the year in China. To the Chinese people, it is as important as (7) ______ is to people in the West.
The festival falls on the eve of the lunar New Year’s Day and (8) ______ on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar (农历). Days before the Spring Festival, every family is busy giving their house a good cleaning. People (9) ______ to sweep away all the bad luck in the family and to make way for the incoming good luck.
Guo Nian, (10) ______ passing (通过) the year, is the common term among the Chinese people for celebrating the Spring Festival. It means greeting the new year. (11) ______ on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, people stay up late to celebrate the arrival of another new year.
(12) ______, friends and relatives visit one and another exchanging presents. The Chinese New Year’s celebration ends with the beautiful Festival of Lantern.